Email notifications

[brokkoli71]

User stories

As a owner I want recieve lending requests via Email in order to get updated on current events, without checking the web app.
As a borrower I want the get notified throughout the lending process in order to lent the item and return it in time.

Dependencies

Depends on:

• [Spike] Model Lending Process #14
• Notification event #46

UI Mockup

not applicable

Context

Users should receive an Email when receiving a call to action notification on the notification page (#30).
calls to action are...
... lend requests
... return request
... waitlist position 0 ("ready for pickup, after owner approved lend)
... pickup reminder

Acceptance Criteria

• create the possibility to send notifications automatically via email to the recipient
• all calls to action have templates for e-mails
• all "notiofications"/"benachrichtigungen" will be send to your mail
  • ... lend requests
  • ... return request
  • ... waitlist position 0
  • ... pickup reminder (text is prepared, sending will be done in notification event: pickup reminder #159 )

[jacob271]

What are important notifications?

[jacob271]

This article explains everything regarding mails in rails: The ultimate guide to sending email in rails 7

[jacob271]

Using ActionMailer makes sending emails quite easy. Further, we would suggest using SendGrid to set up a mail server. We can either create a new sender address (e.g. a Gmail address) and configure SendGrid to send emails from there. Or, we could invest some more time (and money) to use our bookkeeper domain (e.g. [email protected])